GLORIOUS!

27 November – 7 December

MAIN HOUSE

By Peter Quilter

Director: James Suckling

"A delightful and blissfully funny play that generates a glow of warmth and generous laughter."

 Daily Telegraph

In 1940's New York, the performer who everyone wanted to see live was Florence Foster Jenkins, an enthusiastic soprano whose pitch was far from perfect. Known as ‘The First Lady of the Sliding Scale’ and considered ‘the worst singer in the world’, she warbled and screeched her way through the evening to an audience who mostly fell about with laughter. But this delusional and joyously happy woman paid little attention to her critics, instead she was surrounded by a circle of devoted friends who were almost as eccentric as she was.

Based upon a true story, the play, which premiered at the Birmingham Rep in 2005 and transferred to the West End, ran for over 200 performance. It spins from Florence's charity recitals and extravagant balls, through to her bizarre recording sessions and an ultimate triumph at a packed out Carnegie Hall in this sublime and heart-warming comedy.